Pocket-holder for pencils



No. 607,766. Patented July !9, I898. l. L. RILEY.

POCKET HOLDER FOR PENCILS.

(Application filed Dec. 7, 1897.)

(K0 Model.)

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STATES JAMES L. RILEY, OF XENIA, ILLINOIS.

POCKET-HOLDER FOR PENCILS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 607,766,, dated July19, 1898.

Application filed December 7, 1897. Serial No.'66l,096. (No model.)

To all 2072,0171 it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES L. RILEY, of the city of Xenia, Clay county,State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Im provements inSafety Attachments for Pockets, of which the following is a full, clear,and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,forming a part thereof.

My invention relates to safety attachments for pockets whereby pencils,tooth-brushes, books, spectacles, &c., may beheld in place in the pocketof the wearer; and it consists of the novel construction, combination,and arrangement of parts hereinafter shown, described, and claimed.

Figure 1 is a view in perspective of my im proved pocket-holder, thesame being removed from the pocket. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of aportion of a vest, showing the pocket therein and my improved holder inposition in said pocket and holding a pencil.

proximately on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional View taken ap- Fig. 4 is a side elevationof one end of my improved holder, said view being taken looking in thedirection indicated by. the arrow 4 in Fig. 1.

Fig. 5 is a detail side elevation of the opposite end of my holder,which View is taken looking in the direction indicated by the arrow 5 inFig. 1.

The object of my invention is to construct an improved holder which maybe readily applied to the pocket and when applied will not becomedetached from said pocket and which holder will securely hold thepencil, toothbrush, memorandum-book, or like article, such as is usuallycarried in the upper vestpocket.

Referring by'numerals to the accompanying drawings, 1 indicates a lengthof resilient wire, which length of wire is bent into the form of theletter U and the upper ends of which diverge slightly from the curvedportion. One end of this U-shaped length of wire is bent forwardly andthen downwardly to form the inverted-U-shaped bend 2, and then said endis bent laterally and upwardly to form the U -shaped bend 3, which liesin a plane in front of the plane occupied by the body of. the wire 1,and then said end is bent laterally and downwardly to form the inverted-U-shaped bend 4: in the same horizontal plane and in alinement withthe inverted-U- shaped bend 2, and then said end is bent laterally, asindicated by 5, and terminates in the point 6, which laterally-bent endand point are in alinement in a vertical plane with the body of thewirel. The opposite end of the length of wire 1 is bent forwardly anddownwardly to form the inverted-U-shaped bend 7. Then said end is bentlaterally and upwardly to form the U shaped bond 8, which U-shaped bend8 lies in a plane in front of that occupied by the body of the wire 1,and then said end is bent rearwardly and downwardly to form theinverted-U-shaped bend 9, which is in alinement and in the samehorizontal plane with the inverted- U -shaped bend 7, and then said endis bent into a horizontal plane, as indicated by 10, and terminates inthe point 11. The horizontal portion 10 of the end of the wire bearsdirectly upon the rear side of the body of the length of wire 1.

When applying my improved holder to the pocket, the upper ends of theholder-are caught between the thumb and fingers of the hand and pressedtoward one another. The body portion of the holder is now passed intothe vest-pocket until the upper edge of the pocket contacts with theunder sides of the U-shaped bends 2, 4, 7, and 9. This movement bringsthe main body portion 1 of the wire, together with the horizontalportions 5 and 10, into the pocket, while the U-shaped bends 3 and 8 areoutside of the pocket. The thumb and fingers of the hand are nowreleased from the ends of the holder, and the resiliency of thespring-wire of which the holder is constructed will cause the points 6and 11 of the horizontal portions 5 and 10 of the holder to pass intothe goods of which the vest is constructed, and thus hook and sesurelyhold the holder in the proper position. Vhen it is desired to securelylocate the pencil or like article in the pocket and holder, the point ofthe pencil or other article is passed downwardly between the inverted- U-shaped bends 7 and 9 and between the U-shaped bend 8 and the horizontalportion 10. As the wire is resilient, the pencil or like article will besecurely clamped and held in position when so located in the holder. Asthe upper ends of the holder tend to spring away from each other, theywill when in position draw the upper edge of the vest-pocket taut, whichmovement will necessarily cause the upper edge of said pocket to bedrawn tightly against the goods or body of the Vest, and for this reasona memorandum-book orlike article will be securely held in the pocket andnot easily lost therefrom.

A holder of my improvedconstruction is very light and convenient, isreadily placed in or removed from position and is almost entirelyconcealed from View.

I claim 1. A pencil-holder constructed of a single piece of resilientWire bent into U shape and its ends being bent into hooks to engage theupper end of the pocket, one of which hooks is Wider than the other, andprovided with a horizontal portion for retaining an article Within saidlast-named hook, substantially as specified.

2. The herein-described pocket-holder 0011- tially as specified.

In testimony whereof I afliX my signature in presence of tWo Witnesses.

JAMES L. RILEY.

Witnesses:

J. A. KAGY, SAM ROBERTS.

